f62861 ps1739	Otago v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 2024/25
Venue	Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th March 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Otago won by 70 runs
Points	Otago 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Central Districts 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JM Dempsey, CR Pryor
Referee	SB O'Connor
Scorers	SM Drake, SH James-Everton
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 305/5 (Parkes 74*, Kneebone 23*; 96 overs)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 166/4 (Cleaver 25*, Clarkson 49*; 70 overs)
Close of play day 3	Otago (2) 203/9 (Muller 10*; 57.5 overs)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Cumming	c Schaw b Findlay	62	123	172	8	1	94
DN Phillips	c Clark b Clarkson	39	63	90	7	-	48
LJ Carter	c Cleaver b Annand	28	51	77	5	-	40
*D Foxcroft	c Cleaver b Toole	18	48	76	3	-	42
TK Parkes	b Annand	85	171	260	10	-	124
LC Johnson	run out (Schaw)	41	88	87	5	-	68
+BV Kneebone	b Lennox	58	127	171	6	1	101
T Muller	not out	38	56	71	5	-	39
TC O'Connor	did not bat
MB Bacon	did not bat
JD McKay	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 8 nb, 10 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 119.5 overs)	390
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (Phillips, 19.4 ov), 2-141 (Carter, 38.3 ov), 3-142 (Cumming, 39.3 ov), 4-177 (Foxcroft, 52.2 ov), 5-247 (Johnson, 78.1 ov), 6-320 (Parkes, 103.3 ov), 7-390 (Kneebone, 119.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Toole	27	7	60	1	-	-	133	8	-
Annand	26	7	70	2	-	4	127	10	-
Findlay	20	1	99	1	5	4	81	13	-
Clark	4	0	19	0	-	-	16	1	1
Clarkson	16	3	47	1	-	-	73	5	-
Schaw	16	3	36	0	-	-	72	2	-
Lennox	9.5	2	54	1	-	-	42	10	1
Schmulian	1	0	2	0	-	-	5	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	c McKay b O'Connor	33	125	153	2	-	107
BD Schmulian	run out (Foxcroft)	16	57	86	2	-	50
WJ Clark	c Carter b Muller	3	11	12	-	-	10
*TC Bruce	c Carter b McKay	32	42	62	5	-	28
+D Cleaver	c Kneebone b Phillips	83	204	277	9	-	156
JA Clarkson	c Foxcroft b Phillips	104	178	241	12	2	133
AR Schaw	not out	12	25	27	-	-	17
JR Lennox	not out	3	1	1	-	-	0
TA Findlay	did not bat
TM Annand	did not bat
RL Toole	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 106.4 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Schmulian, 21.5 ov), 2-40 (Clark, 24.3 ov), 3-80 (Heaphy, 37.5 ov), 4-87 (Bruce, 39.3 ov), 5-274 (Clarkson, 98.6 ov), 6-297 (Cleaver, 106.3 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Bacon	21	7	46	0	-	-	104	7	-
O'Connor	20	8	38	1	1	-	100	3	-
McKay	22	3	86	1	2	3	97	9	-
Muller	19	7	49	1	-	-	94	5	1
Foxcroft	13	1	34	0	-	-	61	4	1
Phillips	7.4	1	26	2	-	-	29	2	-
Cumming	3	0	10	0	-	-	11	-	-
Parkes	1	0	3	0	-	-	3	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JM Cumming	c Schmulian b Clarkson	38	76	99	4	-	58
DN Phillips	c Cleaver b Schaw	52	88	129	4	-	55
LJ Carter	c Schmulian b Lennox	28	38	57	4	-	24
*D Foxcroft	c Annand b Lennox	20	35	55	3	-	24
TK Parkes	c Schmulian b Lennox	20	34	47	2	-	21
LC Johnson	c sub (JCT Boyle) b Lennox	9	8	9	1	-	5
+BV Kneebone	c Annand b Lennox	7	18	15	1	-	14
T Muller	not out	20	41	53	-	-	23
TC O'Connor	st Cleaver b Schmulian	1	14	9	-	-	13
MB Bacon	b Schmulian	8	19	13	1	-	16
JD McKay	not out	20	16	23	2	-	7
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-80 (Cumming, 23.1 ov), 2-109 (Phillips, 30.1 ov), 3-141 (Carter, 36.2 ov), 4-164 (Foxcroft, 42.5 ov), 5-176 (Johnson, 44.6 ov), 6-183 (Parkes, 48.1 ov), 7-188 (Kneebone, 50.4 ov), 8-193 (O'Connor, 53.4 ov), 9-203 (Bacon, 57.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Toole	5	0	20	0	-	-	23	3	-
Annand	6	0	13	0	1	-	28	1	-
Lennox	21	1	66	5	-	-	84	4	-
Clarkson	7	1	24	1	1	-	30	2	-
Schaw	14	2	50	1	-	-	51	5	-
Findlay	5	0	27	0	-	3	20	4	-
Schmulian	6	1	28	2	-	-	22	3	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
BD Schmulian	lbw b Bacon	2	5	2	-	-	4
CG Heaphy	c Carter b Foxcroft	48	105	153	6	-	79
WJ Clark	b Muller	15	32	45	1	-	23
*TC Bruce	b Muller	1	6	9	-	-	5
+D Cleaver	not out	98	155	245	8	2	102
JA Clarkson	lbw b Foxcroft	10	20	24	2	-	16
AR Schaw	c Johnson b Foxcroft	18	27	26	3	-	18
JR Lennox	c McKay b Phillips	7	29	34	-	-	23
TA Findlay	c Kneebone b McKay	1	4	5	-	-	3
TM Annand	lbw b Foxcroft	46	37	45	8	1	23
RL Toole	run out (Cumming)	0	3	9	-	-	3
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Schmulian, 0.5 ov), 2-35 (Clark, 10.3 ov), 3-39 (Bruce, 12.3 ov), 4-109 (Heaphy, 35.3 ov), 5-123 (Clarkson, 41.2 ov), 6-153 (Schaw, 47.6 ov), 7-168 (Lennox, 56.3 ov), 8-171 (Findlay, 57.3 ov), 9-243 (Annand, 67.6 ov), 10-254 (Toole, 69.6 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Bacon	11	1	44	1	-	-	47	6	-
O'Connor	9	2	21	0	-	-	42	3	-
Muller	14	1	44	2	-	2	68	7	-
McKay	9	2	35	1	2	1	43	6	-
Foxcroft	23	0	89	4	-	-	84	5	2
Phillips	4	0	18	1	-	-	14	1	1

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Otago (1) 111/1 (Cumming 49*, Carter 20*; 33 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Otago (1) 194/4 (Parkes 22*, Johnson 7*; 62 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 9/0 (Heaphy 1*, Schmulian 6*; 7 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Central Districts (1) 80/3 (Bruce 25*; 37.5 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 292/5 (Cleaver 80*, Schaw 10*; 105 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Otago (2) 95/1 (Phillips 42*, Carter 8*; 26 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Central Districts (2) 76/3 (Heaphy 28*, Cleaver 26*; 24 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Central Districts (2) 168/6 (Cleaver 61*, Lennox 7*; 56 overs)
--> Otago first innings: 50 in 15.5 overs
--> Otago first innings: 100 in 29.6 overs
--> Otago first innings: 150 in 43 overs
--> Otago first innings: 200 in 62.6 overs
--> Otago first innings: 250 in 80.1 overs
--> Otago first innings: 300 in 94.6 overs
--> Otago score at 110 overs in the first innings was 334-6
--> Otago first innings: 350 in 113.1 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 27.6 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 45.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 64.6 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 200 in 86.6 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 250 in 96.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 300 in 106.4 overs
--> Otago second innings: 50 in 13.1 overs
--> Otago second innings: 100 in 26.4 overs
--> Otago second innings: 150 in 39.5 overs
--> Otago second innings: 200 in 57.1 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 50 in 15.6 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 100 in 31.6 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 150 in 47.3 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 200 in 62.2 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 250 in 69.1 overs
--> TC O'Connor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TC O'Connor made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JM Cumming (1) 50 in 101 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> JM Cumming (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> JM Cumming (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in Plunket Shield matches
--> TK Parkes (1) 50 in 120 balls with 5 fours
--> BV Kneebone (1) 50 in 124 balls with 6 fours
--> D Cleaver (1) 50 in 171 balls with 6 fours
--> JA Clarkson (1) 50 in 87 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> JA Clarkson (1) 100 in 174 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes
--> DN Phillips (2) 50 in 80 balls with 4 fours
--> DN Phillips (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> JD McKay (2) equalled his previous highest score of 20 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JD McKay (2) equalled his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> D Cleaver (2) 50 in 90 balls with 6 fours
--> TM Annand (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> TM Annand (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JR Lennox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed TK Parkes in the Otago second innings (previous best was 3-38)
--> JR Lennox achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Otago second innings
--> JR Lennox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed TK Parkes in the Otago second innings (previous best was 3-38)
--> JR Lennox achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago second innings
--> T Muller reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed TC Bruce, his 2nd wicket in the Central Districts second innings
--> D Foxcroft reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed CG Heaphy, his 1st wicket in the Central Districts second innings
--> JM Cumming (18) and DN Phillips (29) added 50 in 96 balls for the Otago 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JM Cumming (26) and LJ Carter (22) added 50 in 89 balls for the Otago 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> TK Parkes (23) and LC Johnson (27) added 50 in 128 balls for the Otago 5th wicket in the first innings
--> D Cleaver (12) and JA Clarkson (38) added 50 in 97 balls for the Central Districts 5th wicket in the first innings
--> D Cleaver (31) and JA Clarkson (62) added 100 in 239 balls for the Central Districts 5th wicket in the first innings
--> D Cleaver (55) and JA Clarkson (86) added 150 in 337 balls for the Central Districts 5th wicket in the first innings
--> JM Cumming (23) and DN Phillips (23) added 50 in 79 balls for the Otago 1st wicket in the second innings
--> CG Heaphy (17) and D Cleaver (33) added 50 in 100 balls for the Central Districts 4th wicket in the second innings
--> D Cleaver (21) and TM Annand (28) added 50 in 42 balls for the Central Districts 9th wicket in the second innings

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